A few thoughts on applying for clerkships from an appellate practitioner’s perspective, inspired by @RMFifthCircuit's tweet below.
1. Law students tend to be too focused on the prestige of the judge and the court.
2. Don’t overlook younger judges. Sure that clerkship may dazzle your classmates less, but that younger judge may be on the bench through decades more of your legal career than those better-known senior judges are.
3. Practicing where you clerked is exceptionally valuable, so if you know where you plan to practice give the judges there an extra-long look.
4. Judges who put effort into mentoring current clerks and helping former ones can be career-trajectory-changing.
In summary you should clerk on the Third Circuit because Third Circuit judges are the best.
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